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Agent Zigzag
- The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Traitor, Hero, Spy
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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One December night in 1942, a Nazi parachutist landed in a Cambridgeshire field. His mission: to sabotage the British war effort....
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Superb, as usual
- By neop on 28-10-21
By: Ben Macintyre
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SAS: Sea King Down
- By: Mark Aston, Stuart Tootal
- Narrated by: Simon Darwen
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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The thrilling, edge-of-your-seat true story of one soldier's Special Forces operations in the Falklands War....
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Excellent
- By Adrian L on 07-04-22
By: Mark Aston, and others
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Operation Mincemeat
- The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War II
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the true story of the most extraordinary deception ever planned by Churchill’s spies: an outrageous lie that travelled from a Whitehall basement all the way to Hitler’s desk....
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Fascinating
- By Robyn on 28-02-17
By: Ben Macintyre
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The Hard Way
- Adapt, Survive and Win
- By: Mark 'Billy' Billingham
- Narrated by: Mark 'Billy' Billingham, Simon Slater
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Billy Billingham grew up tough; a grim future ahead of him offering little respite from the hostile streets he walked....
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misleading
- By Anonymous User on 16-12-19
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The Pathfinders
- The Elite RAF Force That Turned the Tide of WWII
- By: Will Iredale
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The incredible story of the crack team of men and women who transformed RAF Bomber Command and helped the Allies deliver decisive victory over Nazi Germany....
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A very moving story but flawed
- By JWW on 02-01-22
By: Will Iredale
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The Spy and the Traitor
- By: Ben MacIntyre
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians - now with a new afterword....
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Brilliant Documentary of the Cold War
- By Paul on 03-10-18
By: Ben MacIntyre
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Agent Zigzag
- The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Traitor, Hero, Spy
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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One December night in 1942, a Nazi parachutist landed in a Cambridgeshire field. His mission: to sabotage the British war effort....
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Superb, as usual
- By neop on 28-10-21
By: Ben Macintyre
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SAS: Sea King Down
- By: Mark Aston, Stuart Tootal
- Narrated by: Simon Darwen
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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The thrilling, edge-of-your-seat true story of one soldier's Special Forces operations in the Falklands War....
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Excellent
- By Adrian L on 07-04-22
By: Mark Aston, and others
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Operation Mincemeat
- The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War II
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the true story of the most extraordinary deception ever planned by Churchill’s spies: an outrageous lie that travelled from a Whitehall basement all the way to Hitler’s desk....
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Fascinating
- By Robyn on 28-02-17
By: Ben Macintyre
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The Hard Way
- Adapt, Survive and Win
- By: Mark 'Billy' Billingham
- Narrated by: Mark 'Billy' Billingham, Simon Slater
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
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Billy Billingham grew up tough; a grim future ahead of him offering little respite from the hostile streets he walked....
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misleading
- By Anonymous User on 16-12-19
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The Pathfinders
- The Elite RAF Force That Turned the Tide of WWII
- By: Will Iredale
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The incredible story of the crack team of men and women who transformed RAF Bomber Command and helped the Allies deliver decisive victory over Nazi Germany....
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A very moving story but flawed
- By JWW on 02-01-22
By: Will Iredale
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The Spy and the Traitor
- By: Ben MacIntyre
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians - now with a new afterword....
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Brilliant Documentary of the Cold War
- By Paul on 03-10-18
By: Ben MacIntyre
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Victory in the West 1945
- By: Peter Caddick-Adams TD VR BA (Hons) PhD FRHistS FRGS KJ
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 25 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Acclaimed military historian Peter Caddick-Adams brings the closing stage of the Allies' fight against Nazi Germany brilliantly to life. He explores the immense challenges they faced in crossing the Rhine on a 300-mile front....
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The Gulag Archipelago
- By: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- Narrated by: Jordan B. Peterson, Ignat Solzhenitsyn
- Length: 23 hrs and 28 mins
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A vast canvas of camps, prisons, transit centres and secret police, of informers and spies and interrogators but also of everyday heroism, The Gulag Archipelago is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's grand masterwork....
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Absolutely compelling from start to finish..
- By K. Fairweather on 30-07-19
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Their Darkest Hour
- People Tested to the Extreme in WWII
- By: Laurence Rees
- Narrated by: John Hopkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning writer and filmmaker Laurence Rees has spent nearly 20 years meeting people who were tested to the extreme during World War II....
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A hard read
- By Andy W on 28-02-21
By: Laurence Rees
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Philip and Alexander
- By: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 20 hrs and 52 mins
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A joint biography that investigates how, during their lifetimes, Philip and Alexander transformed Macedon from a weak kingdom into a globe-spanning empire....
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Very detailed, but easy to listen to!
- By Connor Sampson on 02-01-22
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Command and Control
- By: Eric Schlosser
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 20 hrs and 33 mins
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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Command and Control, a ground-breaking account of the management of nuclear weapons from Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation....
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Who needs thrillers?
- By jcw on 26-07-14
By: Eric Schlosser
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Extreme Ownership
- How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
- By: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
- Narrated by: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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In Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin share hard-hitting Navy SEAL combat stories that translate into lessons for business and life....
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American bull crap
- By martin on 14-11-19
By: Jocko Willink, and others
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Homage to Catalonia
- Penguin Modern Classics
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Rory Alexander
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Orwell chronicled his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War in Homage to Catalonia....
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A telling work of history
- By Banjoman on 07-09-21
By: George Orwell
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Operation Trojan Horse
- The True Story Behind the Most Shocking Government Cover-Up of the Last Thirty Years
- By: Stephen Davis
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
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This explosive book is a story of scandal, betrayal and misuse of intelligence at the highest levels of UK and US governments - which has had direct, horrifying impact on terror attacks in the West and the shape of the Middle East today....
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The Story Behind The Story
- By S. Morris on 03-09-21
By: Stephen Davis
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The Latter Days at Colditz
- By: P.R. Reid
- Narrated by: Terrence Hardiman
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
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In 'The Colditz Story'....
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A must read
- By Mark on 07-04-13
By: P.R. Reid
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Zero Negativity
- The Power of Positive Thinking
- By: Ant Middleton
- Narrated by: Ant Middleton
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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Letting you into areas of his life he’s never talked about before, in Zero Negativity, Ant will show you how to embrace failure and use it to your advantage....
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that good I listened to it twice 🙂
- By Gary b. on 24-12-20
By: Ant Middleton
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First Man In
- Leading from the Front
- By: Ant Middleton
- Narrated by: Ant Middleton
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
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No one is born a leader. But through sheer determination and by confronting life’s challenges, Ant Middleton has come to know the meaning of true leadership....
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Incredible book. Strong, powerful and inspiring
- By Paddy Biggar on 13-07-18
By: Ant Middleton
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Brothers in Arms
- A Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE Day
- By: James Holland
- Narrated by: Al Murray
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The Sherwood Rangers were one of the great tank regiments. They had learned their trade the hard way, under the burning sun of North Africa, on the battlefields of El Alamein and Alam el Halfa....
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Ordinarily Extraordinary
- By Man-O-War1977 on 03-10-21
By: James Holland
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Life Under Fire
- How to Build Inner Strength and Thrive Under Pressure
- By: Jason Fox
- Narrated by: Jason Fox
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
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Whether serving in the Special Forces, rowing oceans or investigating some of the world’s most notorious drug cartels, Jason Fox has overcome more than his fair share of emotional and mental conflicts....
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Excellent
- By Morney on 25-01-21
By: Jason Fox
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The Norman Conquest
- The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England
- By: Marc Morris
- Narrated by: Frazer Douglas
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
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A riveting and authoritative history of the single most important event in English history: The Norman Conquest....
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Great story, poor reading
- By Matthew on 21-11-14
By: Marc Morris
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Nazi Billionaires
- The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties
- By: David de Jong
- Narrated by: Michael David Axtell
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
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In this groundbreaking investigation, investigative journalist David de Jong reveals how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions from the horrors of the Third Reich and World War II—and how the world allowed them to get away with it....
By: David de Jong
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The Colditz Story
- By: P.R. Reid
- Narrated by: Tim Woodward
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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Colditz - the dreaded POW camp was supposed to be impregnable....
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A Great Escape From Life!
- By J on 07-07-14
By: P.R. Reid
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The Siege of Loyalty House
- A New History of the English Civil War
- By: Jessie Childs
- Narrated by: Miranda Raison
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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The Civil War was the most traumatic conflict in British history, pitting friends and family members against each other and tearing down the old order. Jessie Childs plunges the listener into the shock of the struggle through one of its most dramatic episodes: the siege of Basing House....
By: Jessie Childs
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SAS Bravo Three Zero
- The Explosive Untold Story
- By: Damien Lewis, Des Powell
- Narrated by: Des Powell
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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There were three patrols that fateful January 1991 morning: Bravo One Zero, Bravo Two Zero and Bravo Three Zero. It was the opening hours of the Gulf War, and the SAS were flown deep behind enemy lines to hunt down Saddam's Scud missiles....
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B20
- By conan smythe on 10-11-21
By: Damien Lewis, and others
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The Battle of Midway (Pivotal Moments in American History)
- By: Craig L. Symonds
- Narrated by: James Lurie
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
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There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway....
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Terrific
- By Cryptochimp on 26-06-20
By: Craig L. Symonds
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Commando
- The Inside Story of Britain’s Royal Marines
- By: Monty Halls
- Narrated by: Monty Halls
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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The Royal Marine Commandos have become a byword for elite raiding skills and cutting-edge military operations. They are globally renowned, yet shrouded in mystery. With unique insight and authority, Commando captures the essence and heart of this revered military unit then and now....
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Hoofing
- By John Williams on 14-05-22
By: Monty Halls
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A Brief History of the Third Reich: The Rise and Fall of the Nazis
- Brief Histories
- By: Martyn Whittock
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
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Beginning in the broken aftermath of the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles, which made German recovery almost impossible....
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warning!
- By Richard on 08-05-21
By: Martyn Whittock
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SAS: Rogue Heroes
- The Authorised Wartime History
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, came up with a plan that was imaginative, radical and against the rules....
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Brilliantly executed book.
- By Anonymous User on 25-04-17
By: Ben Macintyre
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Goose Green
- The decisive battle of the Falklands War – by the British troops who fought it
- By: Nigel Ely
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
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This is a true story of a great victory against all the odds. Forty years on, Goose Green is still the biggest, bloodiest battle the British Army has fought in modern times....
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Superb telling of the battle story.
- By Psaronius on 12-05-22
By: Nigel Ely
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Operation Pedestal
- The Fleet that Battled to Malta 1942
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: Max Hastings, John Hopkins
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
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In August 1942, beleaguered Malta was within weeks of surrender to the Axis, because its 300,000 people could no longer be fed. Churchill made a personal decision that at all costs, the ‘island fortress’ must be saved....
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Very Good But...
- By Man-O-War1977 on 16-05-21
By: Max Hastings
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Diary of a Dead Officer
- By: Arthur Graeme West
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Giuliano, The Carpathian Players
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
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Published posthumously in 1919, this collection of diary entries presents a scathing picture of army life and is said to be one of the most vivid accounts of daily life in the trenches. It chronicles West's increasing disillusion with war and his move toward pacifist and atheist beliefs. The final part consists of his powerful war poems, including God, How I Hate You, You Young Cheerful Men, and Night Patrol. West was killed by a sniper in 1917. In view of some of his poems, one wonders if death was not unwelcome.
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Victory in the West 1945
- By: Peter Caddick-Adams TD VR BA (Hons) PhD FRHistS FRGS KJ
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 25 hrs and 28 mins
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March 1945. Allied troops are poised to cross the Rhine and sweep on into Germany. Victory is finally within their grasp. But if they believe this victory can be easily won, they face swift disillusionment. The final 100 days of the Second World War will prove to be bitterly and bloodily fought, village by village, town by town. Acclaimed military historian Peter Caddick-Adams brings this closing stage of the Allies' fight against Nazi Germany brilliantly to life. He explores the immense challenges they faced in crossing the Rhine on a 300-mile front.
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The Siege of Loyalty House
- A New History of the English Civil War
- By: Jessie Childs
- Narrated by: Miranda Raison
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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The Civil War was the most traumatic conflict in British history, pitting friends and family members against each other and tearing down the old order. Award-winning historian Jessie Childs plunges the listener into the shock of the struggle through one of its most dramatic episodes: the siege of Basing House. To the parliamentarian Roundheads, the Hampshire mansion was a bastion of royalism, popery and excess. Its owner was both a Catholic and staunch supporter of Charles I. His motto Love Loyalty was etched into the windows. He refused all terms of surrender.
By: Jessie Childs
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The Complete Strategy Collection
- The Art of War, The Prince, The Book of Five Rings, On War and Arthashastra
- By: Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli, Miyamoto Musashi, and others
- Narrated by: Michael Bower, Tom Chandler
- Length: 52 hrs and 43 mins
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The Complete Strategy Collection, a compilation of ancient and historical philosophies, will increase your knowledge of strategy, conflict, and adversity throughout the ages, giving you valuable insight into the past while opening a window to the future. Although each of the works can be considered a manual or diagram for war or engaging in physical combat, the life skills embodied in each can be adapted to everyday life in modern society. Listen and learn how you, too, can take advantage of the strategies of war.
By: Sun Tzu, and others
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Jim Bridger
- By: J. Cecil Alter
- Narrated by: Ray Montecalvo
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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On March 20, 1822, the Missouri Republican published a notice addressed “to enterprising young men” in the St. Louis area. “The subscriber,” it said, “wishes to engage one hundred young men to ascend the Missouri River to its source, there to be employed for one, two, or three years. For particulars enquire of Major Andrew Henry…or of the subscriber near St. Louise.” The “subscriber” was General William H. Ashley, and among the “enterprising young men” who embarked with Major Henry less than a month later was 18-year-old James Bridger.
By: J. Cecil Alter
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Russia Ukraine War 2022
- Putin's Invasion of Ukraine: History of Russia-Ukraine Relations and the Russia's War on Ukraine
- By: History Forever
- Narrated by: Khai Lannor
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
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Do you want to discover why the Russo-Ukrainian War began on February 24, 2022? Did you know about the Russo-Ukrainian War that has taken place since 2014? If your answer is yes, this audiobook is for you because it focuses on just that! Moreover, you will learn the reason behind the war and how the conflict has developed over time between these two countries. You will also find answers for questions such as if Vladimir Putin will spark another world war and who is controlling the Russian invasion propaganda.
By: History Forever
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Diary of a Dead Officer
- By: Arthur Graeme West
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Giuliano, The Carpathian Players
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
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Published posthumously in 1919, this collection of diary entries presents a scathing picture of army life and is said to be one of the most vivid accounts of daily life in the trenches. It chronicles West's increasing disillusion with war and his move toward pacifist and atheist beliefs. The final part consists of his powerful war poems, including God, How I Hate You, You Young Cheerful Men, and Night Patrol. West was killed by a sniper in 1917. In view of some of his poems, one wonders if death was not unwelcome.
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Victory in the West 1945
- By: Peter Caddick-Adams TD VR BA (Hons) PhD FRHistS FRGS KJ
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 25 hrs and 28 mins
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March 1945. Allied troops are poised to cross the Rhine and sweep on into Germany. Victory is finally within their grasp. But if they believe this victory can be easily won, they face swift disillusionment. The final 100 days of the Second World War will prove to be bitterly and bloodily fought, village by village, town by town. Acclaimed military historian Peter Caddick-Adams brings this closing stage of the Allies' fight against Nazi Germany brilliantly to life. He explores the immense challenges they faced in crossing the Rhine on a 300-mile front.
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The Siege of Loyalty House
- A New History of the English Civil War
- By: Jessie Childs
- Narrated by: Miranda Raison
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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The Civil War was the most traumatic conflict in British history, pitting friends and family members against each other and tearing down the old order. Award-winning historian Jessie Childs plunges the listener into the shock of the struggle through one of its most dramatic episodes: the siege of Basing House. To the parliamentarian Roundheads, the Hampshire mansion was a bastion of royalism, popery and excess. Its owner was both a Catholic and staunch supporter of Charles I. His motto Love Loyalty was etched into the windows. He refused all terms of surrender.
By: Jessie Childs
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The Complete Strategy Collection
- The Art of War, The Prince, The Book of Five Rings, On War and Arthashastra
- By: Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli, Miyamoto Musashi, and others
- Narrated by: Michael Bower, Tom Chandler
- Length: 52 hrs and 43 mins
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The Complete Strategy Collection, a compilation of ancient and historical philosophies, will increase your knowledge of strategy, conflict, and adversity throughout the ages, giving you valuable insight into the past while opening a window to the future. Although each of the works can be considered a manual or diagram for war or engaging in physical combat, the life skills embodied in each can be adapted to everyday life in modern society. Listen and learn how you, too, can take advantage of the strategies of war.
By: Sun Tzu, and others
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Jim Bridger
- By: J. Cecil Alter
- Narrated by: Ray Montecalvo
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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On March 20, 1822, the Missouri Republican published a notice addressed “to enterprising young men” in the St. Louis area. “The subscriber,” it said, “wishes to engage one hundred young men to ascend the Missouri River to its source, there to be employed for one, two, or three years. For particulars enquire of Major Andrew Henry…or of the subscriber near St. Louise.” The “subscriber” was General William H. Ashley, and among the “enterprising young men” who embarked with Major Henry less than a month later was 18-year-old James Bridger.
By: J. Cecil Alter
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Russia Ukraine War 2022
- Putin's Invasion of Ukraine: History of Russia-Ukraine Relations and the Russia's War on Ukraine
- By: History Forever
- Narrated by: Khai Lannor
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
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Do you want to discover why the Russo-Ukrainian War began on February 24, 2022? Did you know about the Russo-Ukrainian War that has taken place since 2014? If your answer is yes, this audiobook is for you because it focuses on just that! Moreover, you will learn the reason behind the war and how the conflict has developed over time between these two countries. You will also find answers for questions such as if Vladimir Putin will spark another world war and who is controlling the Russian invasion propaganda.
By: History Forever
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The Silver Waterfall
- How America Won the War in the Pacific at Midway
- By: Brendan Simms, Steven McGregor
- Narrated by: David DeVries
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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The Battle of Midway was, on paper, an improbable victory for the smaller, less experienced American navy and air force, so much so that it was quickly described as “a miracle.” This new history demonstrates that luck, let alone miracles, had little to do with it. In The Silver Waterfall, Brendan Simms and Steven McGregor show how the efforts of America’s peacetime navy combined with creative innovations made by designers and industrialists were largely responsible for the victory.
By: Brendan Simms, and others
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Swords of Lightning
- Green Beret Horse Soldiers and America's Response to 9/11
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- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
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They landed in a dust storm so thick the pilot used dead reckoning and a guess to find the ground. Welcomed by a band of heavily armed militiamen, they climbed a mountain on horseback to meet the most ferocious warlord in Asia. They plotted a war of nineteenth-century maneuvers against a twenty-first-century foe. They trekked through minefields, sometimes past the mangled bodies of local tribesmen who'd shared food with them hours before. The men they helped called them brothers. Hollywood called them the Horse Soldiers. They called themselves Green Berets—Special Forces ODA 595.
By: Mark Nutsch, and others
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Feeding Washington's Army
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- Narrated by: Adam Verner
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In this major new history of the Continental Army's Grand Forage of 1778, award-winning military historian Ricardo A. Herrera uncovers what daily life was like for soldiers during the darkest days of the American Revolution: the Valley Forge winter. Here, the army launched its largest and riskiest operation—not a bloody battle against British forces but a campaign to feed itself and prevent starvation or dispersal during the long encampment. Herrera brings to light the army's herculean efforts to feed itself, support local and Continental governments, and challenge the British Army.
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Patton's Payback
- The Battle of El Guettar and General Patton's Rise to Glory
- By: Stephen L. Moore
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In March 1943, in their first fight with the Germans, American soldiers in North Africa were pushed back 50 miles by Rommel’s Afrika Korps and nearly annihilated. Only the German decision not to pursue them allowed the Americans to maintain a foothold in the area. General Eisenhower, the supreme commander, knew he needed a new leader on the ground, one who could raise the severely damaged morale of his troops. He handed the job to a new man: Lieutenant General George Patton.
By: Stephen L. Moore
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Murdering Mr. Lincoln
- A New Detection of the 19th Century's Most Famous Crime
- By: Charles Higham
- Narrated by: Dan Cashman
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In this startling and original work, best-selling author Charles Higham (Howard Hughes: The Secret Life) addresses one of the greatest historical mysteries: Did John Wilkes Booth act alone on the night of Good Friday, 1865, or was he part of a wide conspiracy? Drawing from letters, diaries, previously unstudied records of official hearings, railway timetables, and obscure shipping manifests, Higham weaves a spellbinding account of intrigue.
By: Charles Higham
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Army Gazette
- An Historical Eye-Witness Account of the British Army at War: A Full-Cast Production
- By: Sue Rodwell
- Narrated by: Eileen Atkins, Alex Jennings, Hugh Laurie, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
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A fascinating foray into British military history revealing the life of the British soldier at war. From the Roman invasion of Britain to the retreat from Dunkirk, from the horrors of Culloden to the courage of Rourke’s Drift, we experience first-hand the stories behind the triumphs and tragedies that make up the history of the British Army. Told entirely in the words of those who were there.
By: Sue Rodwell
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The Story of Earl Nightingale
- And His Strangest Secret
- By: Pamela Nightingale, Earl Nightingale
- Narrated by: Joe Price, Arielle Loftis, Benjamin Gray, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Hello, I'm Pamela Nightingale, daughter of the late international best-selling author and radio personality, Earl Nightingale. I'd like to share with you the true-life story of my father and the personal secrets of his life, with behind-the-scenes details of how he discovered the Strangest Secret. In this time of uncertainty and difficulty for many, the time is right to release the inspirational example of how Earl Nightingale lived his life and overcame adversity and limitations to help others do the same. Join me and my cousins on the adventure of a lifetime.
By: Pamela Nightingale, and others
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Phoenix Squadron
- HMS Ark Royal, Britain's Last Topguns and the Untold Story of Their Most Dramatic Mission
- By: Rowland White
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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January 1972: the tiny outpost of British Honduras is threatened with imminent invasion by battle-hardened, US-trained Guatemalan paratroopers. Britain's response must be immediate and decisive. But there is only one deterrent the government can offer: HMS Ark Royal, once the navy's most powerful warship, now a white elephant on the verge of being scrapped. To save the small colony, she must launch a pair of Buccaneer fighter bombers on an unprecedented long-range mission. But first the old carrier must make a high-speed 1,500-mile dash across the Atlantic.
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I very much enjoy Rowland White’s writing but…
- By JohnC on 21-05-22
By: Rowland White
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Storm Front
- By: Rowland White
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
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Dawn. 19th July 1972. A force of nearly 300 heavily armed, well-trained guerrillas launches a surprise attack on the small fishing village of Mirbat. All that stands in their way is a troop of just nine SAS, aided only by an elite band of fighter pilots overhead. Two years earlier, a Communist rebellion had threatened the Arabian Peninsula, in the strategically critical Sultanate of Oman. Following a covert intelligence mission, 22 SAS deployed their largest ever assault force against the rebels. But this was to be a bitter and hard-fought campaign culminating the Battle of Mirbat.
By: Rowland White
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At the Gates of Rome
- The Fall of the Eternal City, AD 410
- By: Don Hollway
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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It took little more than a single generation for the centuries-old Roman Empire to fall. In those critical decades, while Christians and pagans, legions and barbarians, generals and politicians squabbled over dwindling scraps of power, two men—former comrades on the battlefield—rose to prominence on opposite sides of the great game of empire. Roman general Flavius Stilicho, the man behind the Roman throne, dedicated himself to restoring imperial glory, only to find himself struggling for his life against political foes.
By: Don Hollway
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The Emergency Bouzouki Player
- Conscription in the SADF
- By: Andrew Brel
- Narrated by: Andrew Brel
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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The Emergency Bouzouki Player is the true story of a teenage conscript railroaded into the South African army for two years of national service at the height of the Apartheid War. The cruelty, the absurdity, and the mindlessness of life in the South African army are candidly described in this firsthand account by an unwilling and resentful conscript who, to escape the infamous Diskobolos Infantry Training Camp and its murderous instructors, claimed he could play the bouzouki in a subterfuge that was to have unforeseen, comical, and sometimes life-threatening consequences.
By: Andrew Brel
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The Last Train
- A Family History of the Final Solution
- By: Peter Bradley
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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It was only by accident that Peter as a child discovered that his father, Fred Bradley, was in fact born Fritz Brandes. And it was only after his father’s death in 2004 that Peter was able to begin to piece together the family’s story and set out on the journey—literally and figuratively—that forms the basis of his book.
By: Peter Bradley